JP2001222492A - Document processing method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide document processing method and system capable of easily performing processing such as the correction of a document and promoting the reuse of a registered document. SOLUTION: A scan server 2 applies processing such as correction specified by a job template to a received document and transfers the processed document to a transfer destination such as a www server 3, a data base 4, a document management server 5, and applications 7 (7-1 to 7-m) specified by the job template.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing method and system, and more particularly, to a document processing method and system for performing various processes on a document using a network environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, documents and data are often shared and reused using a network environment. The document to be shared is, for example, a document digitized using a scanner or the like, and this document is registered and used in a database or the like.

[0003] However, a document digitized using a scanner may have inclination or noise (small dirt, etc.) or the direction of the document may be different. Needs to be corrected for each document. Since it is necessary to correct a document for each page of each document, it is necessary to perform correction using a predetermined application on a client such as a PC and register the corrected document in a predetermined transfer destination. It takes time and effort.

[0004] When a document is registered without performing correction, each time the registered document is reused, it is necessary for each person to perform correction, which makes the document difficult to reuse. For this reason, it is necessary to perform correction at the time of registering a document in order to promote sharing and reuse of the document.

[0005]

As described above, when sharing a document, when a document digitized by a scanner or the like is registered as a transfer destination, processing such as correction of the document is performed. However, processing such as correction is a time-consuming operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a document processing method and system capable of easily performing processing such as correction of a document and promoting reuse of a registered document.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing method for performing a predetermined process on a digitized document. A job template in which a processing instruction including a transfer destination is set is transmitted to a server, and the server
The process set in the job template is performed on the document, and the processed document is transmitted to a transfer destination set in the job template.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the document is generated by reading a document with a scanner, and the job template is set with a reading condition in the scanner. It is referred to when reading an original.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the document is registered in a web server, and the web server sends the document to the server together with the job template based on an instruction from a client. It is transmitted.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the job template is set with application software as a transfer destination of the document, and the server stores the document in a format corresponding to the application software. It is characterized by being converted into.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the correction content includes at least one of skew correction, noise removal, automatic erecting, rotation, and format conversion of the document. And

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the job template is stored in the server, and is created and edited by a client via a web browser.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in a document processing system for performing a predetermined process on a document by a server connected to a network, the server includes a processing instruction including a document, correction contents for the document, and a transfer destination. Receiving means for receiving a job template in which the job template is set, document processing means for performing processing set in the job template received together with the document on the document received by the receiving means, and processing by the document processing means. Transmitting means for transmitting the generated document to the transfer destination set in the job template.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the present invention, the server further comprises a job template storing means for storing at least one job template in which a document scanning condition is set together with the processing instruction. The document is generated by a scanner connected to the network scanning a document with reference to a job template stored in the job template storage unit, and transferred to the server together with the referenced job template. It is characterized by the following.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the invention, the document is registered in a web server connected to the network, and based on an instruction from a client, together with the job template, The information is transmitted from the web server to the server.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the invention, in the job template, application software is set as a transfer destination of the document,
The document processing means converts the document into a format corresponding to the application software.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the invention, the document processing means corrects the inclination of the document, removes noise, automatically erects, rotates, and formats the document based on the setting of the job template. It is characterized in that at least one of the conversion processes is executed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the present invention, the server includes a job template storage unit for storing the job template, and a server for creating and storing a job template stored in the job template storage unit. And a web page generating means for generating a web page to be edited, wherein the job template is created and edited from a client via a web browser.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a document processing method and system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the document processing system. As shown in FIG. 1, the document processing system includes a network scanner 1, a scan server 2,
WWW (World Wide Web) server 3, client 4
(4-1 to 4-n), a database 5, a document management server 6, and an application 7 (7-1 to 7-n), each of which is connected via a network 10. Note that the application 7 is a server or a client on which an application that performs document processing or the like operates.

In this document processing system, a document digitized by the network scanner 1 is registered in the WWW server 3, the database 5, the document management server 6, and the application 7 via the scan server 2. The scan server 2 transfers the document scanned by the network scanner 1 to the WWW server 3 or the like, and performs correction of the document as necessary. Scan conditions, document transfer destinations, correction conditions, and the like in the network scanner 1 are set in a job template to be described later, and the job template is registered in the scan server 2 and used when executing a scan.

Here, the scan server 2 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the scan server 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the scan server 2
It comprises a control unit 21, a transmission / reception unit 22, a document processing unit 23, a document storage unit 24, a Web page creation unit 25, and a template storage unit 26.

The control section 21 controls the entire scan server 2, and the transmission / reception section 22 transmits and receives documents and the like via the network 10. The document processing unit 23 performs correction and format conversion of the document, and the document storage unit 24 temporarily stores the document received from the network scanner 1. The web page creation unit 25 creates a web page for creating and editing a job template. The web page created here is referred to by the client 4, and a job template is created or edited based on an operation from the client 4. Template storage unit 2
6 stores a job template.

The job template stored in the template storage section 26 is acquired by the network scanner 1 by polling or the like, and is used when the network scanner 1 executes a scan.

The job template used at the time of executing the scan is transferred to the scan server 2 together with the document obtained by the scan. The scan server 2 stores the received document in the document storage unit 24, The process set in the received job template is performed, and the document is transferred to the set transfer destination.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of the control panel of the network scanner 1. The control panel 100 of the network scanner 1 includes a touch panel 101 and a start button 102. When a job template is used, a job template selection screen is displayed on the touch panel 101.

The job template to be used can be selected by operating the touch panel 101. Here, it is also possible to check the details of the job template or to instruct the update to the latest job template without waiting for polling. it can.

After selecting a job template to be used by operating the touch panel 101, a start button 102
When the button is pressed, scanning of the document is started with this as a trigger, and the scanned document is transferred to the scan server 2 together with the used job template.

Next, setting items in the job template and a method of creating the job template will be described. The setting of the job template is performed by the client 4 accessing the scan server 2 using a web browser. When the client 4 accesses the scan server 2, the web browser displays a screen 200 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed.

When a new job template is created, pressing the button 201 changes the display of the web browser to a new job template creation screen.
Button 2 to edit an existing job template
When the user presses 02, the screen transitions to a job template edit screen.

Here, the setting items in the job template will be described by taking the case of newly creating a job template as an example. Although the description at the time of editing the job template is omitted, the editing of the job template is performed in the same manner as in the case of creating a new job template.

FIGS. 5 to 9 are views showing display screens of a web browser when a job template is created. Screen 2
When the button 200 is pressed at 00, a screen 300-1 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the web browser. Screen 30
0-1 indicates an attribute setting field 3 for setting the name and description of the job template, the corresponding model (network scanner), and the like.
01, a condition setting field 3 for setting a document registration destination, a document name, a scan condition, and whether or not to perform registration notification by e-mail.
11 is displayed. In the condition setting column 311, the tab 3
Setting items can be switched by selecting any one of 10, 320, 330, and 340.

The "job template name" and "job template description" set in the attribute setting column 301 are items displayed on the touch panel 101 of the network scanner 1, and thereby specify the job template.
The "compatible model name" selects the model of the network scanner to which the job template is applied. With this setting, the network scanner 1 polls only the compatible job template.

In the condition setting column 311 displayed by selecting the tab 310, in addition to setting the transfer destination of the document to be registered, items such as correction that can be processed for the document are set. The transfer destination of the document can be directly entered in the condition setting column 311 or can be selected from the transfer destination selection column 312. Processing such as correction for a document can be set for each of noise removal, rotation (arbitrary angle), inclination correction, and erecting (processing for normalizing the top and bottom of a document).

When the tab 320 is pressed, a condition setting column 321 is displayed as in a screen 300-2 shown in FIG. In the condition setting field 321 displayed here, the type of the document, the reading size, the resolution, and the color mode can be set as the scanning conditions. When full color is selected as the color mode, brightness and contrast can be set. However, when black and white binary is selected as the color mode, the condition setting field 322 of the screen 300-3 shown in FIG. Then, the screen display is changed so as to set the reading density. When a monochrome-only device is specified in the “compatible model name” in the attribute setting column 301, when the tab 220 is pressed, the color mode is fixed to binary black and white, and only a condition corresponding to the model can be set. Becomes

When the application 7 is selected as the transfer destination, only conditions that can be processed by the application are set. For example, since a format unique to the application 7 is specified as a document format, only monochrome setting is possible for an application that does not support a color image.

When the tab 330 is pressed, a condition setting column 331 is displayed as in a screen 300-4 shown in FIG. 8, and a document name of a document to be registered can be set. For example, if “job template name” + “serial number” is set as the document name, and a 10-page document is scanned using this job template, the document will have “template-00001” to “template-template- 00010 ”is added as the document name.

When the tab 340 is pressed, a condition setting column 341 is displayed as shown in a screen 300-5 shown in FIG. 9, and it is possible to set whether or not to send a notification by e-mail when registering a document. When setting to send e-mail notification, specify the e-mail address of the notification destination, but the specified e-mail address may be an individual or a group, and the notification to the user who jointly uses the document is automatically performed. Will be.

The mail notified to the user by the setting here may include information indicating a document registration destination, for example, a URL. The user can easily refer to the document by referring to the document using the information indicating the registration destination of the document described here.

When the job template set as described above is used when a document is scanned by the network scanner 1, the network scanner 1 operates based on the scan conditions set in the condition setting columns 321 and 322. The job template is transferred to the scan server 2 together with the document obtained by the scan.

The scan server 2 performs various processes specified in the job template condition setting column 311 on the document received by the document processing unit 23,
Transfer to the destination specified by.

By the way, since the scan server 2 performs a process based on the job template received together with the received document, the same process is performed when a document is received from a device other than the network scanner 1. Can be applied. For example, when a document and a job template are transferred from the WWW server 3 to the scan server 2, the scan server 2 performs a specified process on the document and transfers the document to a specified transfer destination such as the database 5. The transfer destination of the document includes the database 5, the document management server 6, and the application 7, as well as
It is also possible to designate the WWW server 3, perform processing on the document registered in the WWW server 3 by the scan server 2, and return the document to the WWW server 3 again.

Here, document transfer from the WWW server 3 to the scan server 2 will be described.

When the client 4 accesses the WWW server 3 via the web browser, a screen 400 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the web browser. This screen 4
At 00, a document registered in the WWW server 3 is displayed as a thumbnail image. When an operation such as double-clicking a mouse is performed on the thumbnail image, the document is enlarged and displayed on the web browser.

On the screen 400, in addition to the thumbnail image, a “left 90 °” button 401, a “right 90 °” button 402, a “180 °” button 403, a “download” button 404, and a “standard processing” button 405 Is displayed.

"Left 90 degrees" button 401, "90 degrees right"
A button 402 and a “180 degree” button 403 are for instructing a process of rotating the document, respectively. When these buttons are pressed, the document specified by the check box below the thumbnail image is rotated.

A "download" button 404 is a button for instructing the download of a selected document (the selection method is the same as the case of rotation). When this button is pressed, an arbitrary document is displayed on a setting screen (not shown). You can choose the format. If the selected document format is different from the original document format, a document format conversion process is performed. When downloading a document, a document list is displayed as a thumbnail image on a screen (not shown), and the user can select a document to be downloaded by selecting the thumbnail image.

The "routine processing" button 405 is a button for instructing that the selected document (the selection method is the same as that for the rotation) be transferred to the scan server 2 together with the job template to perform predetermined processing. When the “regular processing” button 405 is pressed, the web browser displays FIG.
Is displayed. On this screen 500,
The user can select a job template to be used and check the document selected on the screen 400.

The selection of a job template is performed by checking a check box 501 corresponding to a desired job template among the listed job templates.

The confirmation of the selected document is performed by the thumbnail image 5
02 is confirmed. When the document is composed of a plurality of pages, the thumbnail image 502 can be displayed by switching a plurality of pages. When a plurality of documents are selected, the selected documents are displayed in the document list 503, and the thumbnail images 502 of the documents specified in the document list 503 are displayed.

When a job template to be used is selected on this screen 500 and an "OK" button 504 is pressed, the selected document and job template are sent to the scan server 2, and processing such as correction specified by the job template is performed. Will be.

Also, of course, the WWW server 3
Is not limited to the document registered via the scan server 2, but may be a document uploaded from the client 4 to the WWW server 3, and may be a document that has been subjected to processing such as rotation. Is also good.

In the above description, the scan server 2
And the WWW server 3 have been described as separate configurations, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the scan server 2 and the WWW server 3 may be configured to operate on the same machine (computer).

Further, it is also possible to cause the scan server 2 to register only to the designated transfer destination without performing processing such as correction.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, the scan server performs the processing such as the correction specified by the job template on the received document, and specifies the processed document by the job template. Is configured to transfer the scanned document or the document registered in the WWW server to an arbitrary destination including various applications, and to perform processing such as correction. It can be done automatically. In particular, when transferring a document registered in the WWW server, it is possible to instruct the execution of necessary processing after confirming the document to be transferred, and it is possible to easily reuse the document.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a document processing system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a scan server 2.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a control panel of the network scanner 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram (1) showing an example of a screen displayed on a web browser.

FIG. 5 is a diagram (2) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

FIG. 6 is a diagram (3) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

FIG. 7 is a diagram (4) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

FIG. 8 is a diagram (5) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

FIG. 9 is a diagram (6) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

FIG. 10 is a diagram (7) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

FIG. 11 is a diagram (8) showing an example of a screen displayed on the web browser.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 network scanner 2 scan server 3 WWW server 4, 4-1 to 4-n client 5 database 6 document management server 7, 7-1 to 7-m application 10 network 21 control unit 22 transmission / reception unit 23 document processing unit 24 document storage Unit 25 Web page creation unit 26 Job template storage unit 100 Control panel 101 Touch panel 102 Start button 200 Screen 201 “New” button 202 “Edit” button 300-1 to 300-5 Screen 301 Attribute setting field 310 Tab 311 Condition setting field 312 Transfer destination selection field 320 Tab 321 Condition setting field 322 Condition setting field 330 Tab 331 Condition setting field 340 Tab 341 Condition setting field 400 Screen 401 "90 degree left" button 402 "90 degree right" button 40 3 “180 °” button 404 “Download” button 405 “Regular processing” button 500 Screen 501 Check box 502 Thumbnail image 503 Document list 504 “OK” button

Claims (12)

[Claims] In a document processing method for performing a predetermined process on an electronic document, a document and a job template in which a processing instruction including a correction content and a transfer destination for the document are set are transmitted to a server. A document processing method, wherein the server performs a process set in the job template on the document, and transmits the processed document to a transfer destination set in the job template. 2. The job template according to claim 1, wherein the document is generated by reading a document with a scanner, and the job template is set with reading conditions for the scanner, and is referred to when the scanner reads the document. Document processing method described. 3. The document according to claim 1, wherein the document is registered in a web server, and is transmitted from the web server to the server together with the job template based on an instruction from a client. Processing method. 4. The document according to claim 1, wherein application software is set as the transfer destination of the document in the job template, and the server converts the document into a format corresponding to the application software. Processing method. 5. The document processing method according to claim 1, wherein the correction content includes at least one of skew correction, noise removal, automatic erecting, rotation, and format conversion of the document. 6. The document processing method according to claim 1, wherein the job template is stored in the server, and is created and edited from a client via a web browser. 7. A document processing system for performing predetermined processing on a document by a server connected to a network, wherein the server converts the document and a job template in which a processing instruction including a correction content and a transfer destination for the document is set. Receiving means for receiving, a document processing means for performing processing set in a job template received together with the document on the document received by the receiving means, and a job template for processing the document processed by the document processing means. Transmitting means for transmitting to the transfer destination set in (1). 8. The server further comprises: a job template storage unit for storing at least one job template in which scanning conditions of a document are set together with the processing instruction, wherein the document is stored in a scanner connected to the network. 8. The document processing system according to claim 7, wherein the document is generated by scanning a document with reference to a job template stored in a job template storage unit and transferred to the server together with the referenced job template. 9. The document is registered in a web server connected to the network, and transmitted from the web server to the server together with the job template based on an instruction from a client. The document processing system according to claim 7. 10. The job template, wherein application software is set as a transfer destination of the document, and the document processing means converts the document into a format corresponding to the application software. Document processing system. 11. The document processing means executes at least one of the following processes based on the setting of the job template: skew correction, noise removal, automatic erecting, rotation, and format conversion of the document. The document processing system according to claim 7, wherein 12. The server, comprising: a job template storage unit for storing the job template; and a web page generation unit for generating a web page for creating and editing the job template stored in the job template storage unit. The document processing system according to claim 7, further comprising: the job template is created and edited from a client via a web browser.